What are the contraindications of taking stomach medicine?

I believe that many white-collar friends who work in offices will suffer from stomach problems due to bad eating habits, especially during busy work periods. Once stomach pain occurs, it will greatly reduce work efficiency and also cause certain damage to our bodies. Therefore, it is very necessary to take some Chinese medicine for regulation. So what are the contraindications of taking stomach Chinese medicine? In the next period of time, please join me in entering the following content.

1. Avoid white radish in warming and nourishing Chinese medicine

Ginseng replenishes qi, while radish promotes qi movement, lowers qi, and breaks up qi. If radish and ginseng are eaten at the same time, the qi-replenishing effect of ginseng may be weakened. Other warm tonic medicines, such as American ginseng, Codonopsis pilosula, Astragalus membranaceus, Polygonum multiflorum, Rehmannia glutinosa, etc., have similar effects to ginseng and are not suitable to be taken with radish. Whether raw or cooked, radish has the effect of promoting qi circulation, but care should be taken to avoid using it with tonic medicines.

In addition, mung beans, which have the effect of clearing heat and detoxifying, will also "offset" the tonic effects of medicines such as ginseng.

2. Warm and hot medicines are most afraid of cold drinks

Although it is icy and snowy outside, the heating and air conditioning have created a warm spring-like environment inside the house. Therefore, many people like to drink cold drinks even in the winter. This may cause people's gastrointestinal tract to become weak without realizing it. Eating too much cold food will lower the temperature of the stomach and make it difficult to digest food.

In addition, especially when taking Chinese medicine with warm properties to treat diseases, you should avoid eating raw and cold fruits and cold foods, otherwise the medicine will not be able to fully exert its effectiveness.

3. Stomach-nourishing Chinese medicine is afraid of glutinous rice

Foods such as glutinous rice, meat, and beans are difficult to digest. People who are taking Chinese medicine for strengthening the spleen and stomach should eat less of them to avoid increasing the burden on the stomach and intestines and affecting the patient's recovery. If the elderly whose gastrointestinal function has declined eat too much of this kind of food, it will often cause the gastrointestinal tract to be overwhelmed.

4. Avoid peppers when taking heat-clearing medicine

If you are taking bitter and cold medicines such as rhubarb, coptis chinensis, scutellaria baicalensis, or cold medicines such as peony bark, phellodendron chinense, honeysuckle, platycodon, mulberry leaves, and forsythia suspensa, you should avoid eating spicy and irritating foods such as chili peppers, pepper, curry, alcohol, etc. Otherwise, the efficacy of Chinese medicines for clearing heat and cooling blood will be weakened.

The above paragraphs have revealed to us some of the taboos of taking stomach Chinese medicine. I believe that friends who have read the above content carefully will pay more attention to these taboos. Of course, I would also like to remind everyone that many stomach problems are caused by bad eating habits, so we need to eat more light foods and stay away from spicy foods.